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The PCT Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) is a new framework aimed at producing high-quality products in PCT international applications. For each selected PCT application, a main IP Office will collaborate with peer IP Offices to determine its patentability, and finally provide a single international search report to the applicant. On July 1, 2018, the IP5 Offices - EPO, JPO, KIPO, SIPO, and USPTO - launched a pilot project to test this collaborative approach to international searches under the PCT, based on their agreement to start a pilot project in an IP5 Heads Meeting held in June 2016.
The operational phase has ended on June 30, 2020 and the pilot project has entered into an evaluation phase since July 1, 2020.
The main features of this Collaborative Search and Examination (CS&E) pilot project were:
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